Harness and saddle



(No Model.)

E.. VOG'ISBERGER. HARNESS'AND SADDLE.

No. 578,173. Patented Marj 2, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL VOGTSBERGER, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

HARNESS AND SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,173, dated March 2,189'?.

` Application met June 24,1896. serai No. 596,794. (No man.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL VoGTsBEEGER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Austin, in the county of Travis and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness andSaddles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use` the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a plan view ofinvention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line .fr Fig. l. Fig. 3 is asection on line y 'mL/,Figa 2. Fig. 4 is a section on the line .z z,Fig. l. Fig. 5 illustrates crown-piece and one of pieces I. Fig. 6illustrates metallic trace-eye and its attachment to trace. Fig. 7 is aperspective View of triple-loop piece. Fig. S is a perspective view ofsmall saddle.

This invention has relation to harness, and more particularly to saddlesand the adj uncts thereof, and is designed to provide an improvedconstruction thereof wherein the several parts are united in a securebut detachable manner and which possesses certain other advantages,which will hereinafter appear.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described, andpointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates thecenter or crown piece of the saddle, which consists of a bentmalleable-iron-plate casting, whose end portions are rabbeted andbeveled on the upper surface, as indicated at a, and which has arearwardly-extending loop a at its central portion.

B B are the skirts of the saddle, D D the facing-pieces or jockeys, andE the pad.

F is a small saddle, which is a casting, and G is the water-hook.

H is a central screw, which extends up through the arm g of thewater-hook, the pad, the lapped upper end portions of the skirts, thecasting A, the facing-pieces, and the small saddle, 'being secured atits upper end by a removable nut h. The small saddle is also secured bya lug f, which extends through the loop a of the casting A and throughthe pad, and which has a slot or opening which receives the arm g of theWater-hook. The said hook is formed of two pieces, the upper portion orhook proper consisting of a bent steel spring. The lower portionconsists of the arm g, which extends through and underneath the pad andreceives the screw H, as above described. The forward end of said arm iscurved upwardly to meet the spring portion, and its rear end portion,which engages the lug f, above referred to, is hooked, as indicated atb'. The screw H is extended above its nut to meet the spring-arm of thewater-hook.

I I are two short flat pieces of spring-steel which are placed, one ateach'` side portion of the saddle, between the skirt and the top jockeyor facing. The upper end portions of these pieces are seated upon therespective rabbeted portions of the casting A and are secured by thescrews j of the terrets J, which extend through the jockeys or facings,the said springs, the castings, the skirts, and are secured by nuts j.The lower end portion of the springs seat upon clips K and are securedby means of screws k', which pass through the lower end portion of thejockeys, the said springs and clips, and the skirts, and are secured bymeans of nuts k.

L L are triple-loop pieces, one at each side, preferably of malleableiron, having each an opening at Z for the attachment of the trace M, anopening at Z for the attachment of the bearing-strap and shaft-tug N,and a third opening at Z2 to receive the pull-back strap O. All three ofthese straps have a detachable connection with the said loop-piece. Eachloop-piece has also a tongue or shank portion L', which extendsunderneath the clip or loop holder K at that side and has a loosebearing upon a circular washer P. This washer may be of leather andshould be thicker by about one-eighth of an inch than the said tongue orshank portion in order to give the looppiece a free bearing and toprevent wear.

R is a headed screw which passes through each clip, washer, and skirtand engages the nut fr on the under side of the skirt.

The shaft-tug N has a heavy loop N', of solid leather.

S is a metallic trace-eye, which is riveted to the under side of thetrace. Said eye is cut away at s and is formed with a raised flangedportion S', which extends into the rear portion of the eye in the traceand forms a bushing therefor. The opening at s adapts the eye for usewith wooden singletrees, over the end of which the trace is engaged,while the bushed portion of the eye is adapted for connection with thevarious metallic hooks or pins with which singletrees are oftenprovided. The traces can therefore be connected to any singletree.

T T designate malleable-iron clips or halfloops, which are secured tothe pad, two at each side portion of the saddle, and are engaged overthe lateral edge portion of the skirts to prevent the pad from slippingwithout interfering with the free up-and-down movement. The shanks orsecuring portions of these clips are split and are inserted through thepad and lapped over upon each other or clenched.

The loop-pieces L L above described, being able to play freely on theirbearings, yield to every movement of the horse, giving perfectequalization of strains.

The water-hook constructed and arranged in the manner above describedfirmly secures the several parts of the saddle and the pad, prevent-ingrattle, while the clips T T effectually prevent the pad shiftingsidewise.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- l. In a harness saddle, the combinationwith the center casting, or crown-piece, A, the small saddle having adepending lug, the pad, and the skirt and jockey portions, of thewater-hook having an arm extending through and underneath the pad andengaged with the lug of the small saddle, which lug also extends throughthe said pad,and the removable securing-screw, substantially asspecified.

2. In a harness -saddle, the combination with the center casting, orcrown-piece A, having a central loop at its rear edge, the pad, theskirt and the jockey portions,and thesmall saddle which has a lugextending through the said loop and through the pad, of the waterhookhaving an arm extending through the pad and back underneath the sameinto engagement with the said lug, and the upper spring portion,and theremovable screw which passes through the said arm, the pad, the casting,the skirt portions, and the small saddle, and extended to meet thespring portion of the said water-hook, substantially as speciied.

3. In a harness-saddle, the combination with the pad, and the smallsaddle having a lug extending through said pad, of the waterhook havinga rearwardly-bent arm, extending through and underneath the pad andengaged with the said lug, substantially as specified.

Il. In a harness-saddle, the combination with the saddle proper, thesmall saddle and the pad, of the water-hook having an upper springportion,and a lower rigid portion which extends through and backunderneath the pad, and a screw which passes up through said arm,saddle, and small saddle, and is extended up to meet the spring portionof said hook, substantially as specified.

5. In a harness-saddle, the combination of the center casting, orcrown-piece, the small saddle having a depending lug, the pad, the skirtand jockey portions, the flat springs i11- terposed between said skirtand jockey portions,the Water-hook having an arm extending underneaththe pad and engaging said depending lug, and the terrets which extendthrough the casting, the jockeys, the springs, the casting and the skirtportions, substantially as speciiied.

6. In a harnesssaddle, the combination with a curved center casting, orcrown-piece, having rabbeted end portions, and with the skirt and thejockey portions, of the springplates interposed between the skirt andjockey portions and seated at their upper ends upon the rabbetedportions of said center casting, the water-hooks having the threadedshanks which extend through the skirt and jockey portions and throughthe said springs and castings, and nuts on the inner ends of saidshanks, substantially as specified.

7. In a harness-saddle, the clips secured thereto, one at each sideportion, the washer seated between said clips and the saddle, theremovable screws passing through said clips, washers, and saddle, andthe triple-loop pieces having a loose bearing on said washers and towhich the traces, the shaft-tugs and bearingstraps, and the pull-backstraps are connected, substantially as specilied.

S. In a harness-saddle,the combination with a trace having an eyetherein, of the metallic eye S secured to the under side of the traceend and cut away at S below the front portion of the trace-eye, its rearportion having a flanged portion S' which extends up through the rearportion of the eye and above the upper edge of the same, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EMIL VOGTSBERGER.

lVitnesses:

H. T. KLUGE, CHAs. KLUGE,

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